TRACKLIST:
Band : Kix Country : USA Release : The Shooze/Generators Demo Sessions Year : 1979 Genre : Hard Rock File Info : mp3 192
Info:
Kix was started by Ronnie "10/10" Younkins and Donnie Purnell in Dec.
of 1977 in Hagerstown, Maryland. The first song Ronnie and Donnie played
together was Atomic Bombs. They played with two musicians from
Pittsburgh, "Tee" and "Tunes." The first practices were at the Old Mill
Inn, in Williamsport, MD, just outside of Hagerstown. Because "Tee" and
"Tunes" lived so far away the rehearsals didn't work out. They started
rehearsing with Brian "Damage" Forsythe, whom Ronnie asked to join the
new band. Soon after they invited Donnie Spence to join as a drummer. He
didn't have a car so he was picked up every day for rehearsals.
Steve
Whiteman was added to the band after a couple of other lead singers
(Terry Brady and Sam Smith) didn't work out. Steve also played drums, so
he and Donnie Spence, who was also a good singer, would alternate drums
and lead vocals. Steve though, sang all the difficult songs. The guys
met Steve at a show at The Other Place in Ridgely, WV. They had heard
about him, and went to see him play with his old band. During the break
they took him out to the car and played him a cassette of their original
songs. They asked him to join. A week later Steve moved to Hagerstown,
to join what was then called "The Shooze."
Thursday, January 23, 2014
